"Hey!"
"You over there!"
"Stop hiding!"
"..."
I'm done for.
I've been called out.
Running now would really make me look guilty.
Besides.
They've already gone that far.
Keeping on hiding would really be refusing their goodwill.
Besides.
Lady Tsubaki didn't seem to mean much harm, judging by her tone.
"..."
With that thought, Mikoto dropped her concealment.
She straightened the purple kimono she wore and adjusted the sword at her waist.
Then.
She stepped out from behind the rock.
A few minutes later.
At the edge of the cavern.
The clamor of the battlefield had subsided somewhat.
Mainly because the biggest source of noise-that pack of killer rabbits-had been almost completely cleared out.
Only a scattered few were still stubbornly resisting, scurrying all over the battlefield as the Black Bear Fierce Man chased them.
"I'm terribly sorry!"
Before Tsubaki could speak.
Mikoto gave a textbook, deep, ninety-degree bow.
"I am Mikoto Yamato, a member of the [Takemikazuchi Familia]!"
"I heard the commotion here and feared that adventurers might be in danger, so I took the liberty of coming to investigate!"
"I had absolutely no intention of spying on your battle!"
"If I have caused any offense, please forgive me!"
"Huh?"
Sasamori Aya, Onigawara Rin, and the others looked utterly bewildered at this person who had suddenly started apologizing.
"Who's this?"
"Takemikazuchi?"
"Oh-"
"So you're one of that War God's children."
Tsubaki, up on the platform, heard Mikoto introduce herself.
Looking at Mikoto's signature pale-purple Far Eastern clothing and red shoulder armor, she briefly searched her memory, then understood.
-Takemikazuchi.
Although the [Takemikazuchi Familia] was hardly a renowned major familia in Orario, where gods gathered in droves.
Still.
In a certain sense.
This familia did have a little fame.
After all.
In Orario, where every inch of land